Troops at 16 More Bases Will Do Local Household Goods Shipments Through New Private Manager

Movers pack items belonging to a U.S. soldier. (U.S. Transportation Command photo by Stephenie Wade)

Beginning in September, troops and their families at 16 more military bases will begin doing local household goods shipments through a new private manager. U.S. Transportation Command announced Tuesday that HomeSafe Alliance, the Defense Department’s overarching contractor for privatized household goods moves, will start arranging the local moves as well as the first interstate moves […]

Here Are the First 14 Bases to Experience New Privatized Household Goods Moves

Movers load a service member’s household goods into a moving truck

Service members and families at 14 stateside U.S. military installations will be the first to relocate under the Defense Department’s new privatized process, U.S. Transportation Command announced Tuesday. In the beginning, only moves picked up and delivered within about 50 miles of the same base will be carried out by HomeSafe Alliance, the entity formed […]